Collection Highlights
Twenty-third Street west of Sixth Avenue
Date:
1900
Object Number:
PR.020.FF.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Transportation token
Object Number:
2002.1.3169
Date:
1920-1940
Medium:
Metal
Dimensions:
5/8 x 1/8 in. diameter
Description:
A dark copper colored metal token pierced in the center to form two slots around a diamond shape and embossed on both sides with a spiraling decoration. On one side a trolley car is embossed across the diamond encircled by the words "Public Service Coordinated Transport/ N.J.", and on the reverse a motor bus encircled by the words "Good For One Fare" with a signautr of the company president "James U. Wc. Carter".
Credit Line:
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
